NSA

Ransomware has been around since the late 1980s, but it got a massive shot in the arm when leaked NSA cyberweapons were merged with existing strains of ransomware, with new payment mechanisms that used cryptocurrencies, leading to multiple ransomware epidemic…

Guccis new $800 Indy Full Turban was not a good idea. As a Sikh, I see this as a huge sign of disrespect and disregard toward Sikhism, an observer tweeted about images of a thin white guy model strutting down the catwalk with the Gucci Indy Turban on. The …

Huawei may be facing an executive order this week that lays the groundwork for US companies being barred from working with the Chinese telecom company. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as early…

A weird paper was posted on the Cryptology ePrint Archive (working link is via the Wayback Machine), claiming an attack against the NSA-designed cipher SIMON. You can read some commentary about it here. Basically, the authors claimed an attack so devastating …

As the wireless industry likes to say, "5G is here" — from manufacturers with 5G capable phones, carriers with 5G networks, and the users who want to feel like they're on the bleeding edge because they're enjoying super-fast speeds. But that little "5G" icon …

In 2015, the Intercept started publishing "The Drone Papers," based on classified documents leaked by an unknown whistleblower. Today, someone who worked at the NSA, and then at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was charged with the crime. It is un…

A former U.S. government intelligence analyst and Air Force veteran is charged with leaking classified information to a journalist, who then published the information in online reports, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. It's the latest case in …

Credit: Carsten Reisinger/ShutterstockA Symantec blog post this week revealed that Chinas Buckeye espionage group was using NSAs Double Pulsar and Eternal Blue exploit at least a year before the Shadow Brokers group leaked the tools to the public. Symantec be…

A former intelligence analyst and Afghanistan veteran has been charged with leaking classified information to the media. Daniel Everett Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tenn., was arrested on federal charges Thursday. The reporter that Hale leaked this information t…

In 2016, a hacker group calling itself the ShadowBrokers released a trove of 2013 NSA hacking tools and related documents. Most people believe it is a front for the Russian government. Since, then the vulnerabilities and tools have been used by both governmen…